Disquiet Junto 0053: If You See Nothing, Say Nothing
This was the assignment for this week:Please record the sound of an ice cube rattling in a glass, and make something of it.
Background: Longtime participants in, and observers of, the Disquiet Junto series will recognize this single sentence as the very first Disquiet Junto project, the same one that launched the series on the first Thursday of 2012. Revisiting it a year later provides a fitting way to begin the new year. A weekly project series can come to overemphasize novelty, and it’s helpful to revisit old projects as much as it is to engage with new ones. Also, by its very nature, the Disquiet Junto suggests itself as a fast pace: a four-day production window, a weekly habit. It’s beneficial to step back and see things from a longer perspective.
I recorded ice in four different cups using my Tascam DR-40. A mug, a wine glass, a tall glass and a plastic cup. I cut up the sound file and rearranged it using Renoise to create this track.